BOWLED (DOWN OR OVER) Synonyms: 42 Similar Words

bowled (down or over)

verb

past tense of bowl (down or over)

as in downed

to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall the exuberant dog bowled over several children

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With night set to fall, many in the area were without power due to outages planned by Southern California Edison in hopes of preventing power lines downed by the winds from sparking fires.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Deja Davis scored on a header early in the second half and the Boston Legacy downed Racing Louisville 2-1 in the National Women's Soccer League on Friday night.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of downed

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Seckler explains that young people’s trust in institutions and companies has dropped.

— Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Moody's, citing PitchBook data, said private equity distributions dropped from more than 30% of starting net asset value in 2022 to about 12% today.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

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The Regional Parks Department said on social media that at least 10 light poles and several street signs were knocked over.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Thibodeaux then came over knocked over Jackson remained on the field but was replaced by Caedan Wallace on the next set of team drills.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of knocked over

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Photojournalist Heidi Levine was knocked down, beaten, and robbed of her camera equipment by masked settlers in an attack captured on video by other journalists.

— Cameron Peters, Vox, 16 Oct. 2026
Further details about what could be knocked down and what could built alongside the stadium are to come.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026

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